... WAR NEW& S AN important and unexpeoted ally for the French bas dropped literally, from the clouds. It is an ill wind, we are told, which-blows nobody good, and the cold and rainy weather which has prevailad in France during the last week, furnishes new exemplification of that proverb, by the diffidulties it is creating for the Prussians and the delay it causes in their advance. To the French, ...

... THE tAs1 SITTING OF THE CORPS LEGIBLATI2?. The oorips L isktif, on Sunday afternoon, after bein obilged to abandon Its hall to the mob, heold an Informn1 meeting in another partobf the building. ?? Martel, on behalf of the, iomnmittee to' which the proposals of Count Pa5il a;g%. Jnles Favre, and AL Thiers had been referred, reportl tbotS they had by a majority decided im' favvb of l. 'Thierb' ...

... I T'T.HE TERMS O0F PEACE. , :f : llIONS. :T~ORR ?? O-: EQ- FRANOE AFPPEALS TO ENGLAND AND ITHE OTHER GREAT POWERS. Loiou, Friday; Wight. Our ForeignOffice doesnotquiteblieve certain cor,- muniques to fihe contraiy, notwithstanding that M.1 Jules Fivre 'and 'Counit' Bismiark spent threM or four aaya in discussing the propriety of convening the R ~epresentative Asembly and the right of the exist ...

... I T'i SEWAGE QUESTION. (Prepiiarge xpreV for then f Mcdii res&) 'BANBUPRY SEWAGE FAIRM. The sewage farm is about one mile east of the town of Banbury, It consists of about 136 acres of a sandy clay aoi,'not very porous; and about forty-elght acres are under Italian rye grdse, and the rest is pasture, Tlie population of Banbury to between 11,000 and 12,00, and the sewage ounta to about 300,000 ...

... THE PAST .SUM1iER. With the exception'of the estraoirluarly hot sumrer of 1868, the three months Just exded were the hottest regis . tered here since 1846. The mean temperature of June, July, and August wae 61'6 degrees. Each month had a coiiderable excess of, temperature.' The highest day reading 'was 89 degrees In the shade on the t8rd of July, and the; lowest night teniperature 42 degrees, ...

... THE SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO THE IRISH MAIL AT TAMWOBTH. There are scarcely, any new particulars to add to our complete account in yesterday's paper of the alarming accident to the Irish Mall, at Tamworth, on Wedeaday morning. The cause of theacoldent is pretty woll oleared up, as It is now quite certain that the points for the plat- form siding were opened by tie poinstnman under the im- preesson ...

... ROYALTY BOUGHIG IT AT TgE Gu I - _ _~ I QThe Emperor Zlapojeon had to leave Metz In a t^ a as railway carriage, and it seems that Boyal, a8 * stingulshed personages on the German aide haye a1 B was to put up with very Indiferent ?? I 'gho Vpssche Zcitung descrilbs the King of PrussIa as sitting en the night of the battle of Gravelotte near a garden wall at Besonville, waiting to hoar the ...

... THE fortifications of Paris, the work of M. Thiers when Minister for Foreign Affairs. in 184I, consist of a vast bastioned sxctints over twentyxmiles in circuit, protected by a zone of detached forts at an average distance of nearly three miles from the city, A month ago no guns were mounted on the bastions. The, ramparts were rierced by more. than sixty gates, through which roads ied into the ...

... ARRBST OF PARISIAN VA GABONDS Onlx of General Trochu's first proceedings on his appoint- tnent as Governor of Faris'was to make a clean sweep of those- loose members of society who would haveV found' E their opportunity in times of national trouble, and who, were best got out of the way before the actual work of de- fence began. The order went forthN and a swoop was made upon all the dens and ...

... .TEE BOMBARDMEN-T OF SEDAN AND STAO- 7 I PEDE1 OF TIXE FRENCH SOLDIER:Y THESE two' sketches are from M. Mejanel's pencil, who, as our last week's 'article stated, was in the thick of the bloody business. Remaining on the high ground,-as long as it was safe to stay, he.was able to perceive clearly how the Prussiansi were gradually converging on the fated stronghold. It is probable that in this ...

... [- 18 AESOOIATI0N TZLEGRANJ At the Captain court-martial, yesterday, Sir Alexander Milne gave evidence. The day before the foundering of the vessel he visited the ship, and expressed his surprise at the yards being so. sharply braced up. Captain Burgoyne referred to Captain Coles, who thought it best. While Sir Alexander Milne was talking to Captain Coles. the gun- wale was level with the ...

... T19 QUEEN'S OOLLEGE.*. As an Indicaon of the improved condition, fianji5, .ana otherwiS of this institution Sifc the changes in the MAagewment have taken effect, and the two Eschools of Medicie became amalgamated, we may tehat the amount divisible amongst the Pofes. £0B ha fally doubled in the last year, and that there is AM A tendency in favour of an extension of the .49,fifn~s of the College ...